We had a scare here yesterday (we had a scare, other peop...

We had a scare here yesterday (we had a scare, other people had a horrible event). A man in a neighborhood a few blocks off campus started shooting out of his house and killed two people, including a cop, and wounded some other people. Since it was so close to campus, a notice was broadcast on the TAMU emergency system, which made it sound like a someone was on campus shooting. Since my husband and a lot of friends work on campus, this was very scary, but the news had the actual story pretty quickly.


And just saw this on Twitter: On the Oak Creek shooting: An American Tragedy
The murders took place at a house of worship on a Sunday. There was the heroic president of the congregation who, even though he was sixty-two, battled an armed attacker, sacrificing his own life. There were the children who sounded the alarm and joined fourteen women huddled in a tiny pantry for hours, listening to the agony of the wounded outside. There were the relatives at home, receiving texts and phone calls from loved ones. There were heroic police officers, a shootout, and the attacker’s death by self-inflicted gunshot.


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I took Tasha to the vet this morning, to see if she's actually not feeling well or she just hates Jack that much. Hopefully they'll be able to get a urine sample soon and she won't have to stay very long.

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